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Source Image: PR114_03_14 of Aliki Quarries of Thasos Quarries

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Description

View of the Aliki Quarries on Thasos.

Monument
Thasos Quarries 
Monument Part
Aliki Quarries 
Monument Type
Quarry 
Material(s)
 
Date
bc 700 - ad 600 
Keywords
Quarryface  
Collections
Thasos  

Location

Original Location
Aliki 

Evidence for working practices

1. Quarry-face

Process
Quarrying
Description
The whole of the Aliki peninsula has been quarried down to sea level. The marks of individual blocks can be seen in places. This was a popular place was quarrying in part because material could be loaded directly onto ships moored alongside the quarries.

Notes

Numerous quarries were exploited on Thasos during the Roman period, most located on the coast where the material from them could be loaded easily onto waiting ships. Both dolomitic and calcitic white marble were quarried on the island from the Archaic to the Byzantine periods. The quarries at Aliki were important sources of calcitic white marble.

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